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i ate a whole box of chocolate chip cookie dough quest bars. Not only did I consume an extra thousand or so calories for the day, but there's like 20g of fiber in each. I was incapacitated for awhile so to speak.

I wish I was like that, right now I have to work out after work and I hate it. Working out first thing in the morning pumps me up and makes me less likely to stray from my diet or not go to the gym because I'm burned out from work.

It was only when I was in the shower this morning, getting ready for work and trying to work out what felt 'wrong' about the day, when I realised I'd forgotten to go to the gym. I never forget to go to the gym... Its just not something I forget. I have felt very wrong all day.

Did bench presses for the first time in FOREVER. I was working with a much lower weight but still managed to fail out during my third set. It wasn't a ton of weight, so I decided to just rest it on my chest for a moment until I could build up the strength to lift it. Nope. Muttered "fuck" under my breath.

Luckily I had two awesome guys on the benches next to me who ran over to help as soon as they realized I was stuck. One guy said he thought I was just doing some weird exercise of resting it until he heard me say "fuck."

If you start with the bar, it's 45 lbs. I accidentally rested 90 lbs on my face once when benching, and it didn't even hurt, and I was able to get it off pretty easily. Getting the barbell down to your hip crease isn't that hard, and if you practice with 45 lbs first, you'll get the hang of it. You've probably carried groceries, or kids, or other things that were that heavy without a personal trainer helping, right?

I fail squats and bench all the time, but I've practiced it and I'm not using weights that are too heavy for me to lift. If I fail the last rep, that means I just now did a bunch of reps with that weight, so I can control it enough to be safe.

When I eat sugar/starch, I get "tummy troubles" for days. I avoid eating those things but on Monday I had a slice of bread. On Tuesday I was squatting and had to stop after every set and run to the bathroom. 😖 The guy in the rack beside me definitely knew what was going on and kept shooting me disgusted looks. I was so embarrassed I left after squats and didn't do the rest of my workout.

:( I'm so sorry. Cheating is one of the worst things you could do to someone you care about, IMO.

And cheating is a sign of a problem with them. There's no such thing as a trait/flaw someone could have that would cause all their SOs to cheat, which I'm pointing out just in case you're feeling like there could be something wrong with you.

I was cooling down at the end of Insanity class this morning and when the instructor told us to go into child's pose (we were laying on our bellies after abs), I managed to slightly dislocate my kneecap. I wasn't even doing anything, I literally just moved my legs and I fucked up my knee. Again. I usually do cardio in the mornings and lift at lunch, so lifting is out today. And maybe next week. I'm pretty annoyed/dismayed.

Oh, and also, I had some warts frozen earlier this week on my left foot and I'm a little gimpy still. So I have a shitty left foot and now a shitty left knee. Just cut this fucking leg off.

Oh man. I've dislocated my kneecap multiple times, and always while doing something stupid! I was a dancer, and I was like, couldn't this at least happen when I'm doing a really awesome jump or something? But nooooo, instead it happens when I'm just standing slightly wrong on that leg. And always in front of lots of people.
Also, got a plantar wart frozen off last year and it got so inflamed I had red streaks running up my leg and ended up on crutches after they drained it (which I cried all the way through). Pretty embarrassing.
So I feel your pain, my left leg sucks too. I'm sorry :( Take it easy till you're all healed up and then you'll be back in beast mode!

I noticed the same thing so I tried out a low carb diet. I only lasted 3 days because I did it on a whim and had a bunch of food in the fridge that was high carb BUT in those three days I realized that swapping out some of my carbs for fats was filling and felt indulgent. So now I don't look at carbs I just try to add more fats. Even though fats are higher calories, I usually end up with calories to make up at the end of the day due to feeling fuller, longer with more fat. Protein is still hard to get so I end up eating a protein bar or shake if it is mid afternoon and I'm not high enough.

I've been trying to eat healthier and watch my portions, but in doing so I still get 'hungry' - I'm full, and my caloric intake is on point, but my brain still wants to eat cake.

So I've been getting 'hangry' (angry at everyone because I'm hungry).

I let myself throw a hangry bomb at my boyfriend this morning over something so minuscule that it was completely unnecessary. I realized my mistake too late, and now I'm having a banana, but he's pretty unhappy with me at the moment..

I debated for like 30 minutes whether to take the dog on a walk this morning. I was tired, and I thought he was still exhausted from a full day of doggy daycare yesterday. Nope. He came over like 3 times and "nose punched" me until I got out of bed.

Also, on a non-fitness note, he came over to my side of the bed yesterday morning and tickled my face with his whiskers. When I turned my head to say hello, he burped right in my face. That dog.

Did the vet prescribe the diet food? Usually diet food isn't necessary for animals to lose weight. You just do what you would do with a human: give them less food!

I pretty much can't ever skip the walks, no matter how tired I am. He needs the exercise and stimulation of being out and about. Sometimes I call him my personal trainer because he pushes me to get out there, lol.

I've been quite the lush and keep drinking mixed drinks every night. It's put me over about 400 calories every day this week, which will add up to nearly an extra pound when all is said and done. Oops.

Finally returned to squats after a hiatus working on glute strength... Firstly, I hate squats and always have. Yes, I'm a PT. No, I don't care that they're awesome for me. I hate them. I do them because I have to. So that sucked.

Then I wake up in the middle of the night with severe pain through my neck on my left side (extending down into the traps) - I'm guessing because I strained myself from the bar positioning. So not only did I do a workout I hated, but I managed to injure myself in the process and get very little sleep because of it AND it has made it close to impossible to just function today! Will I do that workout again? Sigh. Yes. Yes I will.

EDIT: I forgot the totally-don't-fit-my-macros midnight pancakes. I'm staying at my parents' place so when pancakes are offered, I accept.

Just curious, but what routine did you do while you were working on glute strength, and why were you doing it?

I think my weak glues and really tight hips are a major problem for me right now. I'm taking some time off lifting to sort out some mobility problems, and it might be a good idea for me to just do butt work when I come back, at least right at first.

I started doing it for hypertrophy but then started noticing it helping all other areas of my fitness so kept at it for that reason. I did about 3 months combining the lower-body only routine of StrongCurves with the Armstrong pull-up programme. So my workouts were compound (full body) workouts but I was drawing on two programmes for it.

Between work, finals, a final project, moving, cleaning, then being in limbo between apartments (my apartment won't be ready until the 10th), and having an 8 month old puppy..... I haven't been to the gym in 2 weeks. I MISS IT DEARLY. I'll be back though. It's just so depressing when life gets in the way...

Too true. I know this is way TMI, but catalope should be aware...Before my IUD a tampon used to last me 8 hours (probably longer but that's the max before TSS could set in), and my first period post-IUD each tampon lasted a measly hour. :( I had also never experienced cramps in my life. It's better now a year later but I still laugh at the fact that I ever complained about pre-IUD periods!

I know it is the right decision for me and I'm happy to be off of the hormones of pills (hoping my boobs will go down the cup size I gained going on them) but I know I'm in for some rough times. I will go back to the gym soon though!

They warned me about that. I've been on the pill for a few years so my periods have been basically a walk in the park. The spotting I'm experiencing now is about the same as my typical periods so I'm sure I'm in for some rough times ahead.

Yessss it's so tough! thankfully, I've had her now for going on 6 months so she's fairly well trained and easily adaptable (thankfully). But still.. she's a puppy and requires a lot of attention which was hard to balance even before I started the process of moving. Hopefully things settle down soon though! can't wait to get back at it! What kind of dog do you have?

Nutritional failures, and they truly fit the "sweet" part of the title:

Made those low-cal cupcakes where you use a "Zero" soda and a cake mix. They came out of the oven in all their lemony goodness and I was like "hey they're low cal so I can totally eat a lot!" Didn't use MFP to track. Ate half the batch...oh god.

Decided I wanted to add chai spices to my coffee protein powder+greek yogurt breakfast today. Found a great recipe. Didn't realize that by using freshly ground cardamom from the whole pods that it'd be a significantly stronger taste than what the recipe probably intended when calling for likely pre-ground cardamom - and I didn't even add the full volume of fresh ground because I got sick of grinding it. It is INCREDIBLY bitter. Am probably getting my chai fix for, oh, months.

Another recipe I found was higher complexity and contained more involved ingredients, which was a little too much for my short time frame as I was prepping it late Wednesday night. I'll probably give the fresh-ground version a try next (as it takes into consideration the cardamom pod serving size!).

Yup, ginger actually pairs really well with cinnamon! For example: if you like pumpkin pie flavor, you can do 8:2:2:1 ratio of cinnamon:ginger:nutmeg:cloves (or you can just buy premade pumpkin pie spice but who would do THAT). That's what I'm gonna try for my next recipe. I also just had an idea of nuking protein powder mixed with pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie spice...hmmm...to the kitchen!

Okay, ladies, posting this on Fail Friday was the ONLY good part of this event.

Last Monday, after my lifting routine, I was finishing up a circuit with a .5 mile run/walk. Well, I had .1 miles to go and then I was DONE for the day, so I thought Hey...running will get it don't faster, right? Sure. So I run.

Apparently, my legs had had enough of my shit and I trip, which wouldn't have been so bad except when I went to catch myself on the bars, my arms said HEY. YOU. FUCK YOU.

Aaaaaand I fell. Like straight up, sitcom-ready, flew off the fucking thing backwards.

I'm ok, skinned my knee but actually nothing else. I know I got lucky but damn it if that wasn't the most embarrassing thing to ever happen to me in the gym. Walked a few more steps once I got back on and then peaced the fuck out.

I realized that I've only been eating about 1100-1200 calories for the past 4 days because I've been so busy this week. Not happy about it, but figured on the bright side, I'd at least lose a little weight. Got on the scale this morning, and it didn't budge AT ALL. Ugh. I'm sure its just water weight and whatnot but still frustrating.

Last week, I increased the weights on my squats and deadlifts. This week, I went backwards on both, back to the previous weeks' stats. I couldn't hype myself up to do the full set either, even with new kickass music :( Anyway, I once read something like "only the mediocre are great all the time," so I'm gonna console myself with that thought and kick butt next time.

I went running with my boyfriend last night, even though my shin splints told me I probably shouldn't. He's faster than me already after only a few months, compared to my years, and refused to slow down for me, even though he had my keys. I just couldn't keep up with my shins like that, and I ended up locked out of my apartment building (with no porch or place to sit on a busy road in Brooklyn) for half an hour before he came downstairs to get me. Double fail.

I was doing a table pose with a 5 lb weight in the lifted hand and started to yell at my sons (fighting over dinosaur toy). I lost my balance and fell over into the coffee table. I thought I had broken my leg! Nope - just a huge bruise.

I think I'm (slowly) coming to conclusion that carbs make me bloat (even fruits and veggies). On days where my carbs are 100g+ I look pregnant by the end of the day.

I'm getting a colonic next week though so hopefully that'll help me out (I've been having digestion issues for awhile, been to doctors blah blah) but!! carbs!! oatmeal!! wraps!! bananas!! broccoli!! why have you forsaken me!!

I sprinted (for the first time in 7 years!) at the local high school track yesterday (poorly). In broad daylight, in sight of a busy road at 2 pm in Texas. Luckily there was a breeze. I was just proud of self (but worried id get booted - no permit). I'm such a rebel.

Yeast, at least. But it's one donut a week that could be some other cheat instead (and probably one I'd enjoy more). I also talked myself into a can of coke at lunch because "I'm eating healthy tonight" (I have a show, so dinner IS pre-planned healthy goodness). But overall, today is officially a bust.

For some reason (period, maybe? :-/), I haven't been able to get up as early in the mornings despite sleeping at around the same time, which means I don't have as much time for exercise. Managed yoga Tuesday & a run Wednesday but otherwise... nothing else this week. sigh

My boyfriend has promised to play tennis with me this weekend, though! Fingers crossed for a better week next week...

Decided to bike to yoga class, yay combining fitness! Thought the rain had stopped for the day. Then it started pouring during the class. Had to bike home in the rain sitting on a soaking wet set. Then had to walk into my apartment looking like I'd peed myself. Not my best.

One of my bosses gave me a giant jar of jellybeans. When I was buying a salad for lunch, the mac and cheese at the buffet caught my attention. And I'm going to the Alamo Drafthouse tonight to watch a movie. And eat. So much junk food, so delicious.

Also I started implementing warmup sets today, and ended up failng on my squats. Boooooooo. My 3x5 85lbs went to 1x4,1x5,1x3. Gah.

Went out for a run in the pouring rain wearing glasses. Glasses fogged up and got too much water on them for me too see. Noped out pretty fast after about a mile and on the way back ran into two branches and almost a lampost. Lesson learned

Today started off ok with a 2 hour long hike with the dog after work, but ended up with a 2 beer rest break. At home I cooked dinner, then binged on my orgasmic, cheesy, buttery porcini risotto. Now I'm lazying on the couch with reddit and the remaining wine that wasn't used the risotto! I am unable and unwilling to move, so I may as well just sleep here tonight. (it's 11:35pm Austria time, atm)

I've been calorie cutting since July 4th,and it's going well except: 1) extremely loose stools. So fun! I guess it's just from eating more fruit, but man does it suck. 2) My upper body lifts have stalled so hard. Lifting in general takes so much more out of me when I'm eating less, but bench press is the worst. And I'm much sorer than usual as well.

I'm moving to Korea to teach english and my fitness has taken a massive backseat as a result. I've had to cancel my membership at the gym, and I keep eating loads of bad food I know I wont be able to eat over there (case and point: had a grilled cheese sandwich earlier with THREE different kinds of cheeses). Basically I still don't have a confirmed date of departure because I'm waiting for my visa, but I know it's soon, and as a result I feel very unsettled. I might be a massive fail but im still keeping up with yoga so thats good? I guess?

Last weekend, I went to the beach just long enough to burn the crap out of my shoulders. Bad enough to dread putting on a shirt for a few days, let alone lifting a metal barbell.
So my plan to get back into my gym habit has been postponed :/

Have been to the gym precisely one time in the last two weeks (though I do ride my own exercise bike daily, so I guess there's that.) That one run... horrible. I regressed to C25K W3D1 (even though I am perfectly capable of running 5k without stopping) and felt like I was going to die/throw up/punch the TV after 2 minutes of running. Walked 95% of it, felt awful. Skipped lifting entirely, stopping by 7-11 on the way home and got a slurpee.

I'll be back in full force after next week's vacation, though, I SWEARS IT.

First day on a mini vacation. CARBS. CARBS EVERYWHERE. I don't think I hit my protein goal for the day. And then there was a pint of cookie dough Ben and Jerry's that got into the mix somehow. And now it's bikini time! Yay.........

I was running on the treadmill the other night and had my drawstring bag on the shelf thingy of the treadmill it falls off while I am running full speed so I had to jump over it and then press the stop button. So embarrassing!

I had two failures this week, so I figured I'd finally post in this sub since I've been lurking for a while.

Rocket Launched my Phone via Treadmill - Monday I was extra sleepy, and I forgot my iPhone armband (so I can listen to music). Decided to run with my phone just sitting on the treadmill "shelf". I caught the headphone cord and knocked the damn thing onto the treadmill, which then launched it like a torpedo across the gym. I'm lucky that the phone still works, but I was mortified because it made a TON of noise. Everyone in the entire gym turned and looked at me. Ugh. The embarrassment.

Sleep and Starbucks instead of Squats - Slept through my alarm on Thursday morning, so I didn't make it to the gym before work. Had plans that night, so no gym in the evening either. Friday morning I was super tired from being out on a weeknight (I guess I'm an old fuddyduddy now), so instead of going to the gym before work I went to Starbucks and got a Dirty Double Chai.

I have been traveling for the past two weeks non-stop and thus have only exercised once. I feel myself getting weaker, less fit, but I know I'll get back to my routine once things settle down in a few days time.

I feel you, I'm prepping too, so rough! I'm not saying the treat will derail your progress at all, but just make sure your coach doesn't give you less food at your next check in - they might think your current plan isn't working if they don't know about your (slight) deviation from the plan :p no one wants less food!

Me and my boyfriend have been fighting/not talking for 2 weeks now, and in these 2 weeks I've had all the ice cream and all the red wine! I don't even drink usually haha. One plus though is that so far, I've managed to go to CrossFit 3 times and the gym 2-3 times despite the change in eating and drinking habits :)

I pulled up a stool to our pull up bar so I could do some negative chin-ups. Somehow the stool slipped away from me (hardwood floor) causing my feet to fly out from under me. I grabbed the bar and it came loose and I came crashing down, squarely on my left butt cheek while the bar slammed into my right shin. The weird part is our pull up bar is wedged tight onto the door frame and it's such a pain to get down we leave it up. I still have no idea how I managed to do it. I'm also a little annoyed that for all this pain I have zero bruises! I did have so much adrenaline pumping through me that I managed to get a few extra reps for the rest of my workout, which was nice.

Ah, summer. How I love you...and how my pants/waistline hates you. I've been having a great time hanging with my SO, doing wedding prep (15 days, eek!)...and drinking lots of beer and wine, bbqing, drinking more beer and wine, etc.

Calculate your TDEE using the calculator they link then subtract 10-20%. Mess around with it this weekend and if you have questions there will be a "Newbie Tuesday" thread you can post in. Good luck! It is so worth it to find your correct TDEE and calories. MFP tells me to eat 1300 to lose weight but there I just no way I can do that and have energy to exercise or energy to live life! I did my TDEE and now I eat 1750 and feel great and actually have results.

Thanks for the reply! I just played around with it and got 1,500 calories. I was eating around 800-900 calories before but now I've started to eat more I'm feeling more energetic and feel like I can work out more now which is great! I'm looking forward to Newbie Tuesday, I'm trying to hold off any questions until then :P Love your username btw haha!

Lots of emotional upheaval and relationship drama had been taking its toll on my gym time earlier this summer but I hopped back to it and felt so great these past few weeks and my upper body lifts improved. But then more relationship drama happened and this time it involved my body shape and how I perceive it :< (i've struggle with this, but not as much as I used to) and it kinda hit me with a tonne of bricks and feeling raw.

Damn my emotional xx self. Sometimes I wish I was super apathetic at times but I just have a lot of ~feelings~.
But I am still slightly proud of myself because in the past, events like these would trigger reclusive habits of mine and poor food choices/not eating at all and this morning I made a nice turkey+mozz wrap with spicy mayo and kimchi on the side. And then a protein bar and lots of fresh brewed iced tea to drink throughout the day.
/longpostpatsselfonback

I'd been doing super well keeping a low carb diet and enjoying lots of awesome bodily effects, namely a drastic decrease in my shitty acne...
Until I checked into a bed & breakfast for the week for my business trip and my carb intake snowballed. How do you say no to Blueberry Danish Inspired Stuffed French Toast with Caramel Sauce?!
Welcome back, pimple face.

Had two unscheduled 'cheat' days- it's not terrible but 2 doughnuts, some pizza and a few glasses of wine came up to quite a lot. Also I think I pushed myself too far in my Body Pump class as I've just regained use of my arms from Tuesday.

as someone who has panic attacks/anxiety (and I'm working on it), hang in there. i often do the "am i breathing hard from the workout or running out of oxygen" double take. its rough, but we've got this.

I have a sinus infection and have been taking it easy all week. I've been trying to at least keep up with my work outs, but it's been a crappy food week. Cookie dough and taco hell tastes so good when I'm sick.

All week, I've been having off days with my training, culminating with today's sled drags. Set one at working weight, slipped on the initial pull and fell on my ass. (I really want to blame this all on the minor amount of sand in the parking lot!) Set two was okay and faster.
Cue last set, fell on my ass like 3 times! Also, took forever to finish! Like my camera phone stopped recording forever.

Remember a few weeks ago when I posted about not drinking or binge eating on Feats of Thorsday? Yeah. Been shooting vodka and absorbing food into my body by osmosis all this week. Shit gets real when I'm stressed.

I finally upped the weight for my power clean this morning (all the way to 65--I'm still pretty new to the barbell). I was so psyched that I power cleaned 65 lbs straight into the underside of my boobs. One expletive and a short rest later, I tried again and it went OK. It's my new most creative fail.

I didn't nab a summer job cos I got lazy and planned a big two week + vacation so I am unemployed for the last two weeks or so, I've been staying up till 3, 4, and waking up around noon. I feel so guilty because a. it's not good for my real job student / substitute teaching, and b. prime workout / "seize the day" time! I know being lazy like this is bad for routines so I am trying to make sure between now and when classes start that I actually get off my keister. Hopefully sooner than later!

This week has been hurty. Monday I did a class of "functional training" for my weak core. My back pain came back abruptly during the class so I probably wasn't careful enough. On Wednesday I decided to run since my back is ok with that, but ended up getting a side cramp and a pain in the knee. I went to the gym today but both the knee and the back still hurt so I took it really easy. :(

Failed pretty hard at my Crossfit WOD today. I lost count of my double unders and my perfectionist tendencies caused me to restart the whole thing. Then I broke my jump rope. Got another one (already like a minute behind). Then I got horrible stitches less than halfway through the first round of running and had to walk the rest of the round back. Called it a day after.

I overdid the cardio earlier in the week and now it hurts to walk. On top of it, I ate a double cheeseburger and a Mcchicken sandwich for lunch but am too sore to properly work it off (it it's even possible to undue that).